The essay will be based on the readings from the following books:
Schiller, Preston, Bruun, Eric and Jeffrey Kenworthy. 2010. An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation: Policy, Planning and Implementation. London: Earthscan.
Sanchez, Thomas and Marc Brenman. 2007. The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity. Chicago: Planners Press.
Renne, John and Billy Fields (Eds). 2013. Transport Beyond Oil: Policy Choices for a Multimodal Future. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Assignment:
Based on course readings, please discuss how transportation has shaped cities during the 20th century.
What impacts have resulted from focusing our transportation system mainly on automobiles?
Please describe a sustainable transportation system. What are the economic, environmental and social (equity) benefits of moving towards a sustainable transportation system?
Why is transportation an equity issue?
How can it become more just?
Our current transportation system is focused mainly on fossil fuels. Why is this a problem and what are the options to move transport beyond oil?
Please discuss how you envision transportation changing over the next 50 – 100 years in American cities.
Please be sure to cite your works using (author, year, pg #). You bibliography must be in MLA style. Double-spaced pages.
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Schiller, Preston, Bruun, Eric and Jeffrey Kenworthy. 2010. An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation: Policy, Planning and Implementation. London: Earthscan.
Sanchez, Thomas and Marc Brenman. 2007. The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity. Chicago: Planners Press.
Renne, John and Billy Fields (Eds). 2013. Transport Beyond Oil: Policy Choices for a Multimodal Future. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Assignment:
Based on course readings, please discuss how transportation has shaped cities during the 20th century.
What impacts have resulted from focusing our transportation system mainly on automobiles?
Please describe a sustainable transportation system. What are the economic, environmental and social (equity) benefits of moving towards a sustainable transportation system?
Why is transportation an equity issue?
How can it become more just?
Our current transportation system is focused mainly on fossil fuels. Why is this a problem and what are the options to move transport beyond oil?
Please discuss how you envision transportation changing over the next 50 – 100 years in American cities.
Please be sure to cite your works using (author, year, pg #). You bibliography must be in MLA style. Double-spaced pages.
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